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Feb 27, 2020
2 minutes
1 LAKE VÄTTERN SWEDEN
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he inscription on a ninth-century runestone may reveal Viking fears of climate catastrophe. Raised near Lake Vättern in Sweden, the Rök stone, which bears the world’s longest runic inscription, is thought to be a memorial to a slain son. Experts from three Swedish universities collaborating on a new study suggest that “the inscription
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